Designed and built by my 6yo son (with some help from dad)
He needed a bookshelf and mom was gonna go buy one. I thought it would be good for him to build something himself. Spend some time together, build some skills/confidence and maybe feel a little pride when he sees it or had friends over.
I’m not a master carpenter so it’s sort of the blind leading the blind here. I ripped and chopped all of this out of a 4 meter sheet of butcher block. It probably would have been enough but but I realized I messed up at one point and sacrificed two of my wall shelves to finish 😂.
I did the ripping and chopping, my son did the clamping/gluing/drilling/screwing with guidance. It’s the first woodworking project we’ve done together, and I think all things considered it turned out pretty good.
He’s gonna come back and sand off all the pencil marks then probably do a boiled linseed oil finish. I think that’s the easiest finish for a 6yo to apply. Stain and polyurethane can be a bit finicky even for a beginner adult.
What have you built with your kids?
